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WARDROBE.

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Patented May 22, 1917.

CHARLES F. VOLLMER, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

WARDROBE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 22, 1917.

Application filed May 11, 1915. Serial No. 27,398.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES F. VOLLMER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Denver, in the county of Denver and State of Colorado, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Wardrobes, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention is generically relevant to Another object is to provide acompact structure, which although possessing advantages for use invarious capacities, nevertheless is simple in construction, durable andefficient for use in all capacities.

Other objects as well as the nature, characteristic features and scopeof my invention will be more readily understood from the followingdescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawings andpointed out in the claim forming a part of this specification.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure l is a front elevational view of a wardrobe constructed inaccordance with my invention,

Fig. 2 is an end elevational view of ti o same, the hinged walls thereofbeing shown in open position, and a portion of one of the walls beingbroken away,

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the wardrobe when in a closedposition,

Fig. 4; is a longitudinal sectional view of one of the hinged walls ofthe wardrobe,

Fig. 5 is a detail enlarged fragmentary sectional view of the lower endof the wardrobe, showing to advantage a portion of one of the trouserpresses and the manner in which it is held from undue movement, and

Fig. 6 is a plan view of a rack associated with the top of the wardrobe.

In the drawings, the wardrobe embodies a casing 1, which is preferablyof an oblong configuration, and is made of wood or any other suitablematerial, the lower end thereof being provided with legs 2. The base ofthe housing is provided with an opening 3 therein, adapted for thereception of shoes,

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slippers, etc., access being gained to the interior of said opening fromthe front of the casing, as shown in Fig. 1.

One wall 4 of the casing has one of its lateral margins hinged to apermanent part of the casing, the opposite margin being free to move inthe arc of a circle, in order to permit access to be gained to theinterior of The inner face of the wall a is provided with a multiplicityof superposed receptacles 5, adapted for the reception of collars,socks, shirts, etc., the receptacles or drawers 5 varying in length, soas to be adapted for the reception of various articles of wearingapparel. The outer face of the wall 4 is provided with a decoy, so as torepresent a plurality of drawers which are movable in the wardrobe inthe usual manner. Handles 6 are arranged at intervals on the outer faceof said wall eand may be used for opening the wall 4: when so desired, aplurality of these handles being shown in order to provide a moreeffective decoy, although one is all that is necessary to open the wall.

he end walls 7 of the casing are hingedly mounted so as to permit theirbeing swung into an open position, permitting access to be gained to theinterior of the casing, and likewise facilitating utilization of trouserpresses 8 which are arranged upon the inner faces of said end walls 7Each of the trouser presses 8, comprises a stationary standard and ahinged standard, the hinged standard permitting the insertion of thetrousers between said stationary standard and the hinged standard. Itwill moreover be observed that each of the end walls 7 has one of itslateral margins hinged to the rear wall of the casing, the latter beingfixedly engaged with the upper and lower ends of the casing, so as toprovide a firm support. The rear wall of the casing is indicated in thedrawings at 9, and shown to advantage in Fig. 3, having mounted upon theinner face thereof a trouser press 10, the latter comprising astationary wall and a hinged wall, the latter being limited in itsmovement by an abutment 11, which is preferably of a triangularconfiguration and is associated with the upper face of the bottom of thecasing, as shown to advantage in Fig. 5. It will therefore be seen thatthe hinged standard of the trouser press 10 is movable toward the frontwall 4 of the casing, so as to permit the trousers to be insertedbetween the normally parallel standards comprising the press. I

A rack 12 is associated with the lower face of the top of the casing 1,comprising a main strip which is secured in any suitable manner to thetop of the casing, and which has extending from one of the lateralmargins thereof a plurality of arms 13, the inner end of each of whichis hinged so as to permit movement of said arms in the same direction topermit access to be gained to any one of the supporting arms 13.

It will be noted that the end Walls and rear wall are provided with asuitable ornamentation therein, in order to add to the appearance of theWardrobe, this being of course, of any suitable design.

In use therefore, it is seen that access is gained to the trouser pressby opening the end walls 7 of the casing, the latter likewise permittingaccess to the interior of the casing, so that access may be gained tothe trouser press 10 if so desired, although access can be had to thelatter more freely by opening the front wall 4:. The front wall 4 ismovable, so as to simultaneously actuate all of the receptacles 5,whereby access may be gained to any one of the receptacles upon openingthe wall 42. It is, of course, understood that the supporting arms 13 ofthe rack bar are adapted for engagement for coat hangers, etc., so as tosupport coats or other articles of clothing therein which may beconveniently suspended from the top of the casing.

It will be understood that the above description and accompanyingdrawings comprehend only the general and preferred embodiment of myinvention, and that various minor changes in details of construction,proportion and arrangement of parts may be made within the scope of theappended claim without sacrificing any of the advan tages of myinvention. 7

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is:

A wardrobe including a casing provided with a plurality of hinged Walls,each of I which is adapted to receive a garment support thereon, one ofthe walls of said casing being stationary and adapted to receive amovable garment supporting element thereon, and means mounted in thebottom of said casing for cooperation with the supporting element of thestationary wall, to limit the movement of the supporting element.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES F. VOLLMER. Witnesses:

F. J. YOUNG, C. R. FERGUSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of'Patents,

Washington, D. G.

